The incident began about 45 minutes into the flight from O'Hare Airport to John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana.

Passenger Nona Pitts said Durrani appeared to have been drinking heavily and wouldn't leave her alone.

"He pulled me back and goes, 'Nona, give me a kiss,' and I said, 'Listen, you're really drunk. Get away from me,' " Pitts, the owner of Salon 5150 in Brea, said. "He was on something. And a lot of alcohol that they probably shouldn't have given him, because as soon as you got on, he was already drunk."

Pitts said that Durrani started yelling and walking up and down the aisle, confronting passengers and flight attendants.